# Dacast review (2026): is it worth $39 a month, billed yearly? > Live streaming and video hosting with bandwidth-based plans Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Dacast is a live streaming and video hosting platform with unlimited concurrent viewers on every plan. Plans differ by bandwidth and storage allowance rather than attendee count, and add features such as paywall, advertising and DRM at higher tiers. It is used for webinars, events and on-demand video. - **Category:** Webinars & Live Streaming - **Made by:** Dacast - **Website:** https://www.dacast.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want registration, polls or attendee chat, because none are listed. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Dacast is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $39 per month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $39 per month, billed annually | 2.4 TB bandwidth a year and 500 GB storage, with live streaming, simulcast and VOD hosting. | | Event | $63 per month, billed annually | 6 TB upfront and 250 GB storage; adds paywall, ads, countdown and stream monitoring. | | Scale | $165 per month, billed annually | 24 TB a year, 2,000 GB storage, unlimited channels, DRM, 3 team members and phone support. | | Custom | Custom | High-volume plans with custom SLAs, migrations and extra support. | Read from https://www.dacast.com/live-streaming-pricing-plans/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Dacast before buying. ## Key features - **Live streaming:** Full 1080p broadcasting with RTMP and HLS channels and browser or mobile streaming. - **Video hosting:** VOD library with bulk upload from Google Drive and VOD to Live. - **Monetization:** Paywall and pre, mid and post roll advertising start on the Event plan. - **Security:** Domain and country restriction on all plans; DRM and AES for VOD on Scale. - **Analytics:** Advanced analytics and a Google Analytics integration are listed. - **Support:** 24/7 support on all plans, with phone support on Scale. ## Good for - Hosts streaming to large audiences with unlimited viewers - One-off events, using the Event plan - Organizations needing hosted video and paywalls in one tool ## Worth knowing - Overage runs $0.30 per GB of bandwidth and $0.15 per GB of storage. - Monthly payment carries a three-month minimum, and extra team seats cost $10 per user per month. - Multi-CDN, China Live and China VOD are paid add-ons. - The page lists no webinar-specific features such as registration or polls. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Dacast hosts live streams and video on plans priced by bandwidth, starting at $39 a month billed yearly. Overage runs $0.30 a GB, paywalls need the $63 plan, and there are no webinar features like registration or polls. - **Value for money: C.** $39 a month billed yearly for Starter, between the cheaper quarter ($27) and the middle ($49) of webinar tools, with only 2.4 TB of bandwidth a year. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial needs no card, and there is no free plan. - **Features: C.** Live channels with RTMP and HLS, a video library, paywall and ads from the Event plan, and analytics. It lists no webinar tools. - **Ease of use: C.** Web only, with no rating on record, and the encoder side is yours to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but there is a public API and Google Analytics and Google Drive links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Dacast's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among webinar and live streaming tools - Dacast's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 15 of the 34 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 10 of 34) and worst on features (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $39 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 7 of the 28 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/webinars ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Dacast you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $468 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Live video to hundreds of people at once. - You could not: One live stream sent to several platforms at once. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Google Analytics and Google Drive among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Analytics, Google Drive **Tags:** Webinars, Multistreaming, Public API, Reports ## Alternatives - [Castr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/castr): Multistreaming, video hosting and 24/7 playout in one service. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/castr-vs-dacast) - [Wowza](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wowza): Streaming server software you run yourself, plus a cloud platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dacast-vs-wowza) - [BoxCast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/boxcast): Live streaming platform with encoders, captions and OTT apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxcast-vs-dacast) - [Restream](https://toolgpa.com/tools/restream): Multistream one live video to YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn and more. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dacast-vs-restream) - [vMix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vmix): Windows live video production and streaming software. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dacast-vs-vmix) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.dacast.com/live-streaming-pricing-plans/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/dacast Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).